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Jun

1 2023

Protecting Nature in the Berkshires for the Benefit of People and Wildlife

10:45AM - 11:45AM  

This Federation event takes place at Knesset Israel
16 Colt Road
Pittsfield, MA 01201

 

Do you feel a sense of restoration and rebalancing when you are in nature? 

Becky Cushing Gop is an award-winning …

Jun

2 2023

Kantikas/Songs from Our Grandparents: Sephardic Storytelling & Music

10:45AM - 12:00PM  

This Federation event will be held at Hevreh of Southern Berkshire
270 State Road
Great Barrington, MA 01230

 

Register HERE.

In conversation and song, novelist Elizabeth Graver and singer/writer Sarah Aroeste will explore the …

Jun

2 2023

Israel at 75

6:00PM - 8:00PM  

Hevreh of Southern Berkshire
270 State Rd
Great Barrington, MA 01230

 

Save the date for a community celebration of Israel on the 75th anniversary.

Jun

4 2023

Ramblin with the Rav: Azeleas

10:00AM - 1:30PM  

Lulu Brook Trail Head
Pittsfield State Forest
Pittsfield, MA 01201

 

Join Rabbi David Weiner for a moderately paced, moderately strenuous hike, a little Torah, and good company. Registra…

Jun

4 2023

“Florine Stettheimer Painting Poetry” A Jewish Museum virtual tour.

1:00PM - 2:00PM  

Congregation Ahavath Sholom
15 North Street
Great Barrington, MA 01230

 

Bold and truly original, Florine Stettheimer led European modern art into America with her distinctive paintings and…

Jun

5 2023

A Field Guide to Hope

3:00PM - 4:30PM  

Knesset Israel
16 Colt Road
Pittsfield, MA 01201

 

Join us for a 9-week immersion into David Arnow's book "Choosing Hope: The Heritage of Judaism", discussing one chapt…

Jun

5 2023

Let’s Discuss “My So-Called Selfish Life”

7:00PM - 8:30PM  

Knesset Israel
16 Colt Rd
Pittsfield, MA 01201

 

In her documentary “My So-Called Selfish Life,” filmmaker Therese Schecter challenges the social taboo of a child…

Jun

8 2023

I, Teresa de Lucena: Reflections on the Trial of a Conversa

10:45AM - 12:00PM  

This Federation event will be held at Knesset Israel
16 Colt Road
Pittsfield, MA 01201

 

I, Teresa de Lucena tells the story of a complex chapter of Spanish history through an intimate lens: the testimony …

Jun

11 2023

Holy Rollers

9:00AM - 11:00AM  

Hevreh of Southern Berkshire
270 State Road
Great Barrington, MA 01230

 

Join with the Hevreh community for a casual 15-25 mile bike ride through the beautiful Berkshire Hills. Each Holy Rol…

Jun

12 2023

A Legacy of Values: Writing Your Ethical Will

3:00PM - 4:30PM  

Knesset Israel
16 Colt Rd
Pittsfield, MA 01201

 

Learn the historyof ethical wills, read some classic and contemporary examples, and through different prompts, begin …

Jun

15 2023

Current Events Seminar with Professor Steven Rubin

10:45AM - 11:45AM  

This Federation event takes place at Knesset Israel
16 Colt Road
Pittsfield, MA 01201

 

The Current Events Seminar will focus on the latest world happenings. Participants will have an opportunity to examin…

Jun

16 2023

Shabbat Across the Berkshires 2023

6:00PM - 7:00PM  

Congregation Beth Israel
53 Lois Street
North Adams, MA 01247

 

Registration requested.  To attend in-person, please click HERE.

Hosted by Congregation Beth Israel, 53 Lois Street…

Jun

19 2023

A Legacy of Values: Writing Your Ethical Will

3:00PM - 4:30PM  

Knesset Israel
16 Colt Rd
Pittsfield, MA 01201

 

Learn the historyof ethical wills, read some classic and contemporary examples, and through different prompts, begin …

Jun

19 2023

"My So-Called Selfish Life"--a Text Study and Conversation

7:00PM - 8:30PM  

Knesset Israel
16 Colt Road
Pitssfield, MA 01201

 

In her documentary “My So-Called Selfish Life,” filmmaker Therese Schecter challenges the social taboo of a child…

Jun

20 2023

83rd Annual Meeting of the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires

7:30PM - 9:00PM  

Shakespeare and Company Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre
70 Kemble Street
Lenox, MA 01240

 

Register HERE.

83rd Annual Meeting of the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires 

Join the Berkshire Jewish communit…

Jun

22 2023

Social Justice and the American Musical

10:45AM - 12:00PM  

This Federation event will be held at Knesset Israel
16 Colt Road
Pittsfield, MA 01201

 

Join Laura Wetzler, singer, songwriter, guitarist, recording artist and lecturer in a multimedia presentation that ex…

Jun

22 2023

Hevreh's 50th Anniversary Gala - SAVE THE DATE

6:00PM - 9:00PM  

Hevreh of Southern Berkshire
270 State Rd
Great Barrington, MA 01230

 

Let's Boogie Like It's The 70s! Come celebrate Hevreh of Southern Berkshire's 50th anniversary in retro 70s style.…

Jun

23 2023

Jewish Women's Foundation's Annual Luncheon and Meeting

10:30AM - 3:00PM  


Country Club of Pittsfield
639 South St.
Pittsfield, MA

 

EMPOWERED WOMEN EMPOWER WOMEN!  Join us for our Membership Meeting and Annual Luncheon at the Country Club of Pitts…

Jun

25 2023

Ramblin' with the Rav - Berkshire High Road

10:00AM - 2:00PM  

Meet in the parking lot at Bousquet Mountain, Dan Fox Dr., Pittsfield
101 Dan Fox Dr.
Pittsfield, MA 01201

 

Join Rabbi David Weiner for a great hike, good company, and a little Torah when we walk a portion of the Berkshire Hi…

Jun

26 2023

A Legacy of Values: Writing Your Ethical Will

3:00PM - 4:30PM  

Knesset Israel
16 Colt Rd
Pittsfield, MA 01201

 

Learn the historyof ethical wills, read some classic and contemporary examples, and through different prompts, begin …

Jun

26 2023

Jewish Federation of the Berkshires Executive Committee Meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Jewish Federation of the Berkshires
196 South Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201

 

Executive Committee Meeting for the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires. All meetings are held via zoom.

Jun

29 2023

KITAH BET PLUS Continues

9:30AM - 11:30AM  

Hevreh of Southern Berkshire
270 State Road
Great Barrington, MA 01230

 

Adult Hebrew Classes with Rabbi Jodie Gordon, online only.

Jun

29 2023

Reflections on Antisemitism and the Cautionary Tale of Cabaret

10:45AM - 11:45AM  

Barrington Stage Company
30 Union St
Pittsfield, MA 01201

 

Registration Options:

Click HERE to register through Jewish Federation of the Berkshires.

OR   Call the Barringto…

Jun

30 2023

Splash Into Shabbat with PJ Library!

5:30PM - 7:00PM  

Card Pond

West Stockbridge, MA

 

Join us on the beach at Card Pond in West Stockbridge for pizza, popsicles and Shabbat Candle Lighting.  

We'll br…

Jun

30 2023

Shirei Shabbat with Community Shabbat Dinner

5:45PM - 8:30PM  

knesset Israel
16 Colt Rd
Pittsfield, MA 01201

 

Shirei Shabbat with Community Shabbat Dinner Join the Knesset Israel Band for an upbeat musical Friday night service …